hypocritical
hypocritical 英 [ˌhɪpə'krɪtɪkl] 美 [ˌhɪpəˈkrɪtɪkəl]
adj. 虚伪的；伪善的
Is this hypocritical? 这是否虚伪？
He suggested that those who preach otherwise are hypocritical because they undoubtedly have female servants at home, so they are "contradicting" themselves. 他指出，那些劝导别人不要这么做的人是伪善的人，因为他们家里无疑都有女性仆役，因此这种说法等于“自相矛盾”。
- Hypocritical involves acting in a way that goes against your stated beliefs. If you drive drunk despite the fact that you are the president of Students Against Drunk Driving, you are truly hypocritical.
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- adj. 虚伪的；伪善的
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1. Is this hypocritical?
这是否虚伪？
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2. He suggested that those who preach otherwise are hypocritical because they undoubtedly have female servants at home, so they are "contradicting" themselves.
他指出，那些劝导别人不要这么做的人是伪善的人，因为他们家里无疑都有女性仆役，因此这种说法等于“自相矛盾”。
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3. I suppose, its just hard not be hypocritical about it sometimes...
我想，有时候的确很难做到不那么虚伪......
- hypocritical (adj.) 1540s (implied in hypocritically), from hypocritic, which was used in the same sense, + -al (1). It won out over hypocritish (1520s), hypocritic (1530s). Middle English used simple hypocrite as the adjective (c. 1400) as well as the noun.
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